A Stormy Sea
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Last published Thu, Dec 31, 2020
When Prince Raynor himself comes to visit Suza's orphanage, she thinks she's about to be hired to work in the palace as a servant. She discovers that instead she is a lost heir to the power of the Watermancing Pendant, a necklace with the power to hold back the acidic stormwaves that periodically crash over the isles of Selkoa. Suza struggles to excel at her new duties as her future changes drastically...
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